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Matt Millen has been battling amyloidosis, a rare heart disease, since 2011. (Chris Knight/Associated Press) October 3 at 7:14 PM The Big Ten Network announced Wednesday that Matt Millen will not return to the broadcast booth for the rest of the season to pursue further treatment for amyloidosis, a rare heart disease that first started affecting him in 2011. Millen …

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published 12:50 PM EDT Oct 3, 2018 CHICAGO — Former NFL star and Detroit Lions executive Matt Millen is stepping away from his TV analyst job for the rest of this season to focus on his health. The 60-year Millen, who also starred at Penn State, has amyloidosis and has been seeking a heart transplant . The …

The Detroit News Published 11:05 AM EDT Oct 3, 2018 Longtime Lions general manager Matt Millen, now a TV analyst again, will miss the rest of the 2018 college football season as he continues to battle a rare and life-threatening medical condition. The Big Ten Network released a statement Wednesday. “We will certainly miss seeing Matt this fall, but his …

CHICAGO -- Penn State football great Matt Millen is known now for his work as a college football analyst and Millen is scheduled to work PSU's Sept. 1 season opener against Appalachian State at Beaver Stadium for the Big Ten Network. Millen, a former Oakland/Los Angeles Raider, also does analyst work for Raiders' preseason games and he will call Oakland's …

Former Detroit Lions president Matt Millen is fighting for his life. The 60-year old former player, executive, and broadcaster most known for early 2000's tenure in Detroit is dealing with amyloidosis, a rare disease that attacks the bodies organs and often evades diagnosis because it mimics other diseases. According to The MMQB's Peter King, Millen has lost 50 pounds in …

DURHAM, Pa. — The other day, spring exploding with the 18,000 flowering plantings on his 200-acre property of rolling hills and classic stone buildings, Matt Millen took the controls of his John Deere backhoe and began moving 12 huge logs. One after the other, chaining them up, pulling them off the pile, and moving them to where most of this …

Matt Millen has an optimistic outlook despite a dire diagnosis. (Ben Margot/Associated Press) Matt Millen, who won Super Bowls with the Raiders, 49ers and Redskins before becoming a broadcaster and then the Detroit Lions’ chief executive, is suffering from a rare heart disease and likely needs a transplant, he told Mark Wogenrich of the Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. Doctors …

FILE - This ia an Aug. 14, 2015, file photo showing former NFL player Matt Millen before an NFL preseason football game between the Raiders and the St. Louis Rams in Oakland, Calif. Millen, who starred at Penn State, says he is being treated for a rare disease that has robbed his heart of most of its normal function. The …

(Photo: Gene Sweeney Jr., Getty) Former NFL linebacker and general manager Matt Millen, known primarily for his time with the Oakland Raiders and Detroit Lions, is in need of a heart transplant after living for years with a rare disease that had previously gone undiagnosed, according to a report by Mark Wogenrich ofThe Morning Call. Millen is suffering from Amyloidosis, …

By: Tully Corcoran | 2 hours ago Matt Millen, the former NFL linebacker, executive and analyst, will likely need a heart transplant to save him from a rare progressive disease called amyloidosis, according to the Morning Call in Allentown, Penn. These days, however, Millen takes more time to mow, as he continues treatment for a rare disease called amyloidosis that …